Coveralls



F. BERONIO.

COVERALLS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.4, 1919.

1,390,010, PatentedSept. 6,1921,

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FRED IBERONIO, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO LEVI STRAUCS &CO., A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

COVERALLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921.

Application filed December 4, 1919. Serial No. 342,415.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, FRED BERONIO, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coveralls, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a childs garment. It is the particular. objectof the present invention to provide a childs garment in the nature of acoverall, which is manufactured in a manner to make the garment easilyadapted for use by either girls or boys. 7

The present invention contemplates the use of a garment having a jacketportion formed integral with a pair of long trousers, the front of thetrousers being formed with a fly and an opening which may be renderedoperative if desired, or which may re main closed.

Referring more particularly to the drawm e Figure 1 is a view inelevation showing the garment applied to a figure.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in front elevation, showing the trouserportion of the garment and more clearly disclosing the lock stitch seamextending down the front of the trousers.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating a portion ofthe front of the trousers torn away to more clearly show the flyconstruction.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates a waist of anysuitable de sign and which is formed integral with trousers 11.The'waist and trousers are preferably formed of continuous lengths offab ric and the waist line is defined by a belt 12 permanently stitchedto the goods. The front portion of the trousers is formed of two panelsA and B, and these panels are stitched together down a median line withlock stitches, as indicated at 13. These stitches continue to the crotchof the trousers. After the stitching has been made, a fly member 14 orflap portion, as it might be termed, is secured in the rear of the seam13 at a point near the crotch, as more clearly shown in Fig.2. Thismember 14: is fastened at its upper and lower ends by transversestitching 15. This stitching is spaced a distance from each otheragreeing substantially with the length of the flap. The stitching isprovided for a two-fold purpose. First, to secure the flap in position,and secondly, to stitch across the lock seam 13 to prevent the stitchingof the seam 13 from running in the event that the stitching between thetransverse stitches is ripped out.

In the operation of the present invention, the garment is formed as isclearly shown in the drawing and is placed on the market with the seam13 intact throughout its length. l/Vhen the garments are sold, they maybe bought for the use of boys or girls. In one event, the stitching 13will not be molested, and in the other event, the length of stitchingbetween the transverse stitches 15 will be ripped away to form anopening 16. This opening will, of course, be covered by the flap 14:. Itwill thus be seen that by the simple provision of the transversestitches securing the flap and crossing the lock stitch seam 13, it willbe possible to permit the intervening stitching between the transversestitches to be cut away without danger of the further unraveling of thestitches in the seam and at the same time securing the flap in position.

While I have shown a preferred form of my invention, as now known to me,it will be understood that various changes might be made in thecombination, construction, and arrangement of parts by those skilled inthe art without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. In a garment of the character described, the combination with twofront members normally stitched together vertically by a double seam, ofa semi-circular supplemental flap member having the straight edge fixedparallel and contiguous to the vertical seam, and the curved edgeextending across and beyond said seam, and transverse stitching securingthe upper and lower ends of the curved edge across the main verticalseam, to allow the intervening length of seam after being ripped open tobe shielded.

2. In a garment of the class described, a pair of trousers having frontpanels normally stitched together along contiguous vertical edges andsaid seam substantially extending from the belt to the crotch of saidgarment, a flap member stitched to the garment in the back of said seam,and at a point adjacent the crotch of the garment, said flap beingsecured by transverse stitching intersecting the aforesaid verticalseam, and engaging the opposite ends of the flap whereby the flap Willbe held in the rear of the portion of the vertical seam between thetransverse seams, and in a manner to shield an opening which would beformed by ripping the intervening vertical seam between the '10transverse seams, said transverse stitching atthe same time preventingthe further opening of the vertical seam after it had been ripped.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the witnesses. t

' A FRED BERONIO. Witnesses: JOHN H. HERRING,

WM. H. BAUER.

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